The orchestra rehearses at the St Albans United Reformed Church (Homewood site), Sandpit Lane St Albans AL1 4BH on Wednesdays from 7.30pm – 10.00pm, tuning at 7.25pm. Venue opens at 7.10pm.
You are reminded that if you miss two rehearsals for a concert, you must discuss with your section principal whether it’s still possible for you to take part in it. Depending on the circumstances, you may be asked not to continue playing for that particular concert.
Winds and brass please arrange a deputy if absent.
Saturday 12 October 2024, 7:30pm
Conductor: Bill Carslake
Orchestration
Moberg: Sunrise from Sunrise Orchestral Suite
2222 4230 – timp, str
Arutiunian: Trumpet Concerto
2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc:SD/BD/cyms/tgl-harp-strings
Sibelius: Symphony no. 2
2.2.2.2. – 4.3.3.1. – timp – str
Saturday 9 November 2024
Children’s concerts, 2:00pm & 3:30pm
Conductor: Bill Carslake
Orchestration
Ravel: Extracts from Mother Goose Suite
+2+22+2 2000 T Perc Xyl Cel Hp strings
Bizet: Extracts from L’Arlesienne Suite no. 2
+2+222 4430, T Perc Hp/pf Str Sax
Beethoven: Symphony no 6 (extracts from 4th movement)
+3222 2220 T strings
Moberg: Sunrise from Sunrise Orchestral Suite
2222 4230 – timp, str
Kristen Anderson-Lopez, arr. Krogstad, Music from Frozen
2+1.1+1.2+1.1-4.3.3.1, T Perc Hp
Perc: electric bass, piano; Percussion 1 – Gong, Bass Drum, Wood Blocks, Sus. Cym, Cabasa Percussion 2 – Anvil, Sleigh Bells, Mark Tree, Cr. Cym, Sus. Cym Percussion 3 – Bells, Vibrophone Perc 4 – Drum Set
Wednesday 1 January 2025, 7:30pm
Conductor: Bill Carslake
Orchestration
Williams: Flying theme from ET
3(III/pic).2.2.3/4331/timp.2perc/hp/pf(=cel)/str
Bliss: Things to Come: March
2(2pic)2(ca)22/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str
Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven
3.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3[=4].3[=4].1/timp+3perc/pf/hp+[gtr]/str
Moross: Main Theme, The Big Country
3.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.sd.cym.glockensp.-pft(=cel)-harp-strings
Perc: timps, side drum (= perc. 1), cymbals (= perc. 2) and glockenspiel (= perc. 3)
Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly
0.3.3.2.dbn-4.0.3.1-timp-harp-strings
Burgon: Brideshead Variations
3(III/pic).2.2.3/4331/timp.2perc/hp/pf(=cel)/str
Ron Goodwin: The Trap
3233 4331 Timp Perc(3) Harp Strings
Williams: Superman
2+1.2.2+1.2/4.4.3.1,timp,3 perc,hp,pf,str
Bizet: Carmen Suite no. 1
+2+222 4230 T Perc Hp strings
Rossini: Overture – Barber of Seville
+2222 2230 T Perc strings
Sullivan: Excerpts from Pinapple Poll
2(I=picc/II=picc).picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2)-harp-cel-strings
Rogers and Hammerstein: Overture to South Pacific
1.1.2.1-3.3.2.1-timp.perc:SD/BD/bells/cym-harp-strings
Rogers and Hammerstein: Overture to Oklahoma
1.1.2.1-2.3.2.0-timp.perc:SD/cym/wdbl/bells/hi-hat/tom-t/muffled.dr-harp-gtr-strings
Williams: Star Wars Main Theme
2+1.2.2.2-4.3.3.1, timp,3 perc, str
Perc: mallet percussion( chimes, bells), percussion I (snare drum), percussion II (bass drum, crash cymbals)
Williams: Selections from Star Wars Main Theme
2.2.2.bcl.2-4.3.3.1,timp,3 perc, str
Perc: timps, mallet percussion( chimes, bells, vibes, slide whistle, xylophone), percussion I (crash cymbals, suspended cymbal, temple blocks, police whistle,gong), percussion II (snare drum, bass drum, deep-tuned muffled drums)